,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dice  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bc1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,jenkins 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,kelly of  
,pennsylvania1 and ,mr4 ,nunes7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the       
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to    
make improvements to the child tax      
credit4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,child ,tax ,credit    
,improvement ,act of #bjad4  #b4        
,improvements to child tax credit  7a7  
,elimination of marriage penalty        
,section #bd7;b77#b7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
striking means-- and all that follows   
and inserting means #ge1jjj 7twice such 
amount in the case of a joint return744 
7b7 ,inflation adjustment of credit     
amount and phaseout thresholds ,section 
#bd of such ,code is amended by adding  
at the end the following new subsection3
  7g7 ,inflation adjustment  7#a7 ,in   

general ,in the case of any taxable year
 beginning in a calendar year after     
#bjad1 the #a1jjj amount in subsection  
7a7 and the #ge1jjj amount in subsection
 7b77#b7 shall each be increased by an  
amount equal to--  7,a7 such dollar     
amount1 multiplied by  7,b7 the         
cost-of-living adjustment determined    
under section #a7;f77#c7 for the        
calendar year in which the taxable year 
begins1 determined by substituting      
calendar year #bjac for calendar year   
#aiib in subparagraph 7,b7 thereof4     
7#b7 ,rounding ,any increase determined 
under paragraph 7#a7 shall be rounded-- 
7,a7 in the case of the #a1jjj amount in
 subsection 7a71 to the nearest multiple
 of #ej1 and  7,b7 in the case of the   
#ge1jjj amount in subsection 7b77#b71 to
 the nearest multiple of #a1jjj4  4  7c7
 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 this section shall apply to taxable    
years beginning after ,december #ca1    
#bjad4